#11247: Remove the optional GLPK package since Sage has GLPK as a standard
package.
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: tbd
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.7.1
Component: optional packages | Keywords:
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Author:
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Changes (by dimpase):
* status: new => needs_review
Comment:
Replying to [comment:5 ncohen]:
> > I can't see any point in keeping this. There is more chance of someone
corrupting their recent Sage installation by installing this, than there
is by someone with an old version of Sage wanting to add GLPK now.
>
> +1 to removing the package ! Though if I make no mistake, installing the
old one will have absolutely no effect.. But that's a very old code by now
`:-)`
just recently, someone (Victor Miller?) complained on sage-devel that
installing the optional old GLPK over the new one (he didn't notice that
it's a standard package) gave him a non-working Sage.
OK, I give it a positive review.
>
> Nathann
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